Oceanographic variability and changes in Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) abundance at South Georgia

Fisheries Oceanography

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 569-583

  Trathan, P N ^a   Brierley, A S ^b   Brandon, M A ^c   Bone, D G ^a   Goss, C ^a   Grant, S A ^a   Murphy, E J ^a   Watkins, J L ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acoustic density; Antarctic circumpolar current; Antarctic krill; Euphausia superba; Interannual variability; Oceanography; Scotia Sea; South Georgia; Southern Antarctic Circumpolar Current boundary; Southern Antarctic Circumpolar Current front; Southern Ocean

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; BIOLOGICAL OCEANOGRAPHY; CURRENT; OCEANIC FRONT; POPULATION DENSITY; WATER TEMPERATURE; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANTARCTICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; SCOTIA SEA; SOUTH GEORGIA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EUPHAUSIA; EUPHAUSIA SUPERBA; EUPHAUSIACEA;

EID: 0043148889     PISSN: 10546006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2419.2003.00268.x     Document Type: Article

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